Yesha Council head David Elhayani
Yesha Council head David Elhayani announced on Sunday that he is canceling his scheduled talk at the annual Haaretz conference on Wednesday because it is being co-sponsored by the anti-Zionist NGOs B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence.
David Elhayeni is the head of the Arvot HaYarden Regional Council as well as chairman of the Yesha Council. Elhayeni made headlines in 2020 when he denounced the Trump-Kushner peace plan, arguing that the two American politicians were not friends of Israel and that their plan risks Israeli security. He was attacked at the time by the Likud. He has since joined Gideon Saar’s New Hope Party.